What Is the Prevalence of Cam Deformity After Prophylactic Pinning of the Contralateral Asymptomatic Hip in Unilateral Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis? A 10-year Minimum Followup Study.

CONCLUSIONS: At a minimum followup of 10 years after prophylactic pinning of a contralateral asymptomatic hip, most patients achieve excellent hip scores; however, a substantial proportion will develop a symptomatic cam deformity despite prophylactic pinning. No patient had signs of osteoarthritis at a minimum of 10 years, but almost one-third of the patients who underwent prophylactic pinning developed a cam deformity. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level IV, therapeutic study. PMID: 30550402 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research - December 13, 2018 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Lerch TD, Novais EN, Schmaranzer F, Ziebarth K, Steppacher SD, Tannast M, Siebenrock KA Tags: Clin Orthop Relat Res Source Type: research